"𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴—𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮."
-God, Doctrine & Covenants 58:43
I have a confession to make, but fortunately, I'm also forsaking what I'm confessing: I didn't support Donald Trump before, but I do now.
I was never 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 Trump — I can't say the same for Hitlery or Brandon — but I've long been against most governments and political leaders. Their near-perfect track record of evil, and corruption-inducing incentives, gave me every reason to distrust them.
I never strongly disagreed with Trump on his politics, either. Sure, there were/are little things we didn't/don't see eye-to-eye on, but we agree on most issues. That, along with rejecting the sham of voting, led to my refusal to vote for Trump or anyone else.
But that all changed last week.
No, I won't vote for Trump because he was shot at, nor simply because of the clear divine intervention in which God showed 𝘏𝘪𝘴 support for Trump getting elected (though that's one of the reasons why Trump now has my support).
My mind changed the instant Trump raised his fist, after getting shot in the ear, and shouted, "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 was when I saw in him that essential skill that every great leader needs to have: the ability to inspire the masses.
Before then, if you asked me to define Trump in 1 word, it would've been "smarmy".
But smarmy people don't think of inspiring others when there's danger. They're all show: a walking, talking Potemkin Village that crumbles when the going gets tough ... or deadly.
That's what I thought Trump was. But that was not the man who bravely went back to work after getting shot. Did Trump change? Sure; that experience would've changed anyone.
But did he change from "smarmy" to "brave" in that moment? No; I only saw him correctly for the first time.
It's likely that Trump changed a lot in his 1st term, but either way, my point is this:
𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲,
𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.
Let's get that man back in the Oval Office.
